Bandit Industries last week announced it is again a NASCAR sponsor, this year with Sprint Cup driver T.J. Bell and the LTD Powersports No. 50 Bandit Chippers.com Toyota Camry. Bandit was the primary sponsor for Bell in the Sprint Showdown on Saturday.

Bell will travel to the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina May 29, for the Coca-Cola 600.

"Being able to support LTD Powersports and T.J. in the Sprint Cup is just huge for us," said Travis Lint, Bandit Industries large equipment sales manager. "This really gives us a chance to do something special and say thanks to our customers, and these races are some of the best in the entire NASCAR season."

Though new to Sprint Cup racing, Bell is a veteran NASCAR truck series driver and ARCA Rookie of the Year from 2004. Bell and LTD Powersports made their Sprint Cup debut May 7, at the Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C., where Bell qualified and ran just a portion of the race to get a feel for the new Bandit Industries Toyota.

Headquartered in Remus, Mich., Bandit Industries manufactures equipment for the logging, tree service, biomass, land clearing and wood waste recycling industries. Bandit offers a complete line of hand-fed wood chippers, stump grinders, whole tree chippers, forestry mowers and horizontal grinders.